MSI B450 Tomahawk

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	315% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C02
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 00:18
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 679 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 959 59% 959 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.11.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 72 Reflection 72.4 Parallax 89.5 59% 78 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 56.7 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1424 1538 1495 1558 1537 1563 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,315 Write 1,513 Mixed 1,266 SusWrite 1,519 369% 1,653 MB/s	4K Read 62.9 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 83.2 273% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,094 DQ Write 900 DQ Mixed 964 731% 986 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 333%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 181GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 301 301 300 301 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 479 Mixed 406 SusWrite 316 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.4 202% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 33.4 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,750x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	857x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	561x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	475x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	338x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	434x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	301x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBIntel $74Bench 191%, 163,917 samples	233x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	246x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $703

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16